I’ve been mulling over purchasing an electric car (well, one that goes farther than a block, anyway). I found one that’s being sold locally and is in pretty good shape. One thing about electric cars is the question of range. Depending on the batteries used, an electric car can range from 30 to 100 miles without being recharged. Thus, with some trips it becomes important to know where a recharging station might be found.

This reminded me that the City of Raleigh announced some sort of electric car partnership in February. In partnership with an initiative called Project Get Ready, Mayor Meeker announced that experimental charging stations would be installed around downtown, which would seem to solve the charging station problem.
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